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wagon could cover twenty-five miles a day. Oxcarts traveled only about half of that. Like many other settlers, the Lincolns followed the Cumberland Trail, a rough road that stretched from Kentucky to Tennessee. 3
By 1790, over 1,500 settlers had been killed in Kentucky. Thomas never went to school and almost never wrote more than his signature. The Shawnee, Cherokee, and other Native Americans had lived or hunted in Kentucky for thousands of years. Settlers were taking over their land and pushing them out. There was great tension between the groups. Thomas was just eight when he saw his father killed by a Shawnee war party. Thomas Lincoln was marked forever by the terror of that day. Abraham said that from then on, his father became a “wandering, laboring boy” who did odd jobs, often working as a carpenter. In 1806, Tom married a young woman named Nancy Hanks. She, too, had come from Virginia. Nancy was known for her quick mind and gentle ways. A year later, the Lincolns had Sarah. When their son 4
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